EP0253846A1 - Surgical catheters - Google Patents

Surgical catheters

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EP0253846A1
EP0253846A1 EP87900675A EP87900675A EP0253846A1 EP 0253846 A1 EP0253846 A1 EP 0253846A1 EP 87900675 A EP87900675 A EP 87900675A EP 87900675 A EP87900675 A EP 87900675A EP 0253846 A1 EP0253846 A1 EP 0253846A1
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catheter
distal end
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Donald Bernard Longmore
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/285—Invasive instruments, e.g. catheters or biopsy needles, specially adapted for tracking, guiding or visualization by NMR
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0469—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0108—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning using radio-opaque or ultrasound markers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0127—Magnetic means; Magnetic markers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/18—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
    • A61B18/20—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
    • A61B18/22—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibre; Couplings or hand-pieces therefor
    • A61B18/24—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibre; Couplings or hand-pieces therefor with a catheter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/00831—Material properties
    • A61B2017/00902—Material properties transparent or translucent
    • A61B2017/00911—Material properties transparent or translucent for fields applied by a magnetic resonance imaging system
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06166—Sutures
    • A61B2017/06171—Sutures helically or spirally coiled
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/39—Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers
    • A61B2090/3954—Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers magnetic, e.g. NMR or MRI

Definitions

  • Surgical Catheters This invention relates to operating catheters for use in surgical procedures.
  • Catheters in accordance with the invention are characterized in that they are composed of non-magnetic materials which are opaque or translucent under Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) examination. Suitable materials may be hydron, or strongly paramagnetic materials such as gadolinium.
  • the catheters are preferably of axially segmented construction, having segments of highly opaque material alternating with segments of less opacity, so that the precise location of the catheter is readily apparent under NMR examination and visually at the distal end.
  • the catheters have, in each case, a main central lumen for the passage e.g. of optic fibres for laser surgery, or of drugs for perfusion into an organ or into a cancer, or of control elements for the manipul ⁇ ation of surgical instruments carried at the distal end of the catheter. Additionally, further, small lumens may be provided through the length of the catheter wall, for the passage of guidance wires, or gas, or drugs.
  • the catheters are preferably coated, internally and externally, with thin layers of silicone rubber. In each case, these catheters permit the conduct of many operations and treatments which would otherwise be carried out under X-ray. When operations are of long duration or require repetitions, the patient is subjected to undesirable high exposure to X-ray radiation.
  • the present catheters make it possible to conduct various procedures under NMR examination, which is non-invasive and not subject to the risks attendant upon exposure to radiation.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic cross-section of a catheter for use in cancer treatment
  • Fig- 2 is an axial section, drawn to a larger scale, of the catheter of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective sketch of a second form of catheter, for use in laser surgery
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective sketch of a catheter fitted with a suturing device
  • Fig. 5 is a front end view of a catheter fitted with a suturing device
  • Figs. 6 and 7 are axial sections on the lines A,A and A,B respectively, of Fig. 5j and Fig. 8 is a front end view showing a suture needle in position.
  • the catheter 1 of Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of alternating annular segments IA, IB of materials which are highly opaque to NMR examination and less opaque, respectively.
  • the catheter has thin coatings of silicone rubber on its external surface and the internal surface of its main, central lumen 2.
  • the lumen is charged with a quantity of embol- ising material which can be selectively discharged through the distal end of the catheter by a plunger (not shown) of NMR opaque material operable from the proximal end of the catheter.
  • a secondary lumen 3 formed through the wall of the catheter is charged with sclerosing materials.
  • Three equi-spaced fine lumens 4 also extend longitudinally through the catheter wall and form passages for high tensile guide wires 6.
  • these wires are secured to the catheter wall, and at the proximal end they are coupled to a joystick or rollerball control which permits the wires to be selectively and individ ⁇ ually tightened or relaxed so as to permit guidance of the distal end of the catheter.
  • embolising material can be selectively discharged into an artery supplying a tumour, or a vein draining it or both.
  • the secondary lumen 3 m y be used for the injection of sclerosing materials into the arterial system before embolisation.
  • Use of the catheter under NMR examination has the additional advantage that the efficacy of embolisation can be monitored while the treatment is under way by NMR examination of blood flow sequences.
  • the catheter may be of simple construction with just a main lumen, for use in the perfusion of tumour killing drugs which are too toxic to be ad instered systematically.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a catheter specifically for use in laser treatment of coronary atheroma.
  • the catheter is of generally similar construction to that of Figs. 1 and 2, but its main lumen carries a sheathed bundle of optic fibres for transmitting laser light to the site.
  • the sheath 7 may incorporate additional fine lumens 8 for the perfusion of prostacyclin or other platelet controlling agents, and a dye for staining atheromous material to a colour which makes it sus- ceptible to laser light.
  • These lumens may, of course, alternatively be incorporated through the wall of the catheter.
  • Further fine lumens corresponding to the lumens 4 of Fig. 1, are provided for controlling wires, as before, or the supply of pressurised gas to a small inflatable sac or sacs 9 carried near the distal end of the catheter.
  • these sacs are distributed about the circum ⁇ ference of the catheter. They are individually inflatable (or collapsible) so as to press against the artery wall and thereby permit fairly precise positioning and orient ⁇ ation of the distal end of the catheter and thus of the laser light emitted from it.
  • the sacs may also be abruptly inflated together to disrupt an occlusion.
  • catheters are again of the same basic construction, but no lumens are provided for the passage of drugs or other agents to the site.
  • the catheter again incorporates lumens for control wires and the central lumen is employed for the mechanical control elements to operate tool pieces mounted at the distal end of the catheter.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates such a catheter fitted with a suturing device.
  • the central lumen houses a flexible, torque-transmitting control cable attached to a suture driver 11 of tubular form, having bayonet slots 12 for locating the cross tang 13 of a wire suture of helically spiralling form, the helix becoming progressively tighter in a direction away from its pointed leading end.
  • the tang is engaged across the inner ends of the bayonet slots.
  • the suture is applied by pressing it against the site to be stitched and then rotating it, by operation of the control cable, causing the pointed end to pene ⁇ trate the septal wall (or other muscle or material to be stitched) and with continual rotation the suture is wound progressively into the muscle and concomitantly drawn out of the bayonet slot.
  • the same catheter can be fitted with other tool pieces specially adapted for boring, removal of samples for biopsy or the guidance of pacemaker wires.
  • the catheter shown in Figs. 5 to 8 is for stitchin with a filamentary suture.
  • the catheter is provided with a small central lumen to receive the suture filament 12 and two further lumens housing con ⁇ trol cables 13- Coupled to the distal end of the catheter is a suturing device comprising a generally cup-shaped housing 14 having two through holes in its front wall in which are mounted respective grippers 16. The holes are angled away from each other, and they taper forwardly.
  • the grippers 16 are of a springy material and each has a pair of jaws which are forced together when the gripper is pushed forwardly in its tapered hole. When partially retracted, the jaws spring apart again.
  • the grippers are of generally circular cross-section and are keyed against rotation in their holes. At their rear ends, the grippers are releasably connected as by ball and socket joints 17 to their respective control cables 13 " Initially, and as shown as Fig.8, the grippers are both closed against a suture needle 18 attached to the suture filament.
  • the catheter is inserted through a blood vessel to the site to be repaired and suturing is effected by rotation of the head and alternate operation of the grippers to push and pull the needle through the muscle or other tissue to be stitched.
  • the head may be rotatable by a control cable or it may be rotatable within a surrounding sheath extending substantially the full length of the catheter.

Abstract

Des cathéters chirurgicaux (1) sont constitués de matériaux qui sont non magnétiques et opaques ou translucides lors d'un examen par résonance magnétique nucléaire, et ont de préférence une structure segmentée, des segments de matière extrêmement opaque (5) alternant avec des segments de matière moins opaque (6) afin de faciliter l'observation du cathéter par reconstitution de l'image RMN.Surgical catheters (1) are made of materials which are non-magnetic and opaque or translucent upon examination by nuclear magnetic resonance, and preferably have a segmented structure, segments of extremely opaque material (5) alternating with segments of less opaque material (6) in order to facilitate observation of the catheter by reconstitution of the NMR image.

Description

Surgical Catheters This invention relates to operating catheters for use in surgical procedures.
Catheters in accordance with the invention are characterized in that they are composed of non-magnetic materials which are opaque or translucent under Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) examination. Suitable materials may be hydron, or strongly paramagnetic materials such as gadolinium. The catheters are preferably of axially segmented construction, having segments of highly opaque material alternating with segments of less opacity, so that the precise location of the catheter is readily apparent under NMR examination and visually at the distal end.
The catheters have, in each case, a main central lumen for the passage e.g. of optic fibres for laser surgery, or of drugs for perfusion into an organ or into a cancer, or of control elements for the manipul¬ ation of surgical instruments carried at the distal end of the catheter. Additionally, further, small lumens may be provided through the length of the catheter wall, for the passage of guidance wires, or gas, or drugs.
The catheters are preferably coated, internally and externally, with thin layers of silicone rubber. In each case, these catheters permit the conduct of many operations and treatments which would otherwise be carried out under X-ray. When operations are of long duration or require repetitions, the patient is subjected to undesirable high exposure to X-ray radiation. The present catheters make it possible to conduct various procedures under NMR examination, which is non-invasive and not subject to the risks attendant upon exposure to radiation.
Some catheters in accordance with the invention and attachments for use therewith will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic cross-section of a catheter for use in cancer treatment; Fig- 2 is an axial section, drawn to a larger scale, of the catheter of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a perspective sketch of a second form of catheter, for use in laser surgery;
Fig. 4 is a perspective sketch of a catheter fitted with a suturing device;
Fig. 5 is a front end view of a catheter fitted with a suturing device;
Figs. 6 and 7 are axial sections on the lines A,A and A,B respectively, of Fig. 5j and Fig. 8 is a front end view showing a suture needle in position.
The catheter 1 of Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of alternating annular segments IA, IB of materials which are highly opaque to NMR examination and less opaque, respectively. The catheter has thin coatings of silicone rubber on its external surface and the internal surface of its main, central lumen 2. For the treatment of cancers, the lumen is charged with a quantity of embol- ising material which can be selectively discharged through the distal end of the catheter by a plunger (not shown) of NMR opaque material operable from the proximal end of the catheter.
A secondary lumen 3 formed through the wall of the catheter is charged with sclerosing materials. Three equi-spaced fine lumens 4 also extend longitudinally through the catheter wall and form passages for high tensile guide wires 6. At the distal end, these wires are secured to the catheter wall, and at the proximal end they are coupled to a joystick or rollerball control which permits the wires to be selectively and individ¬ ually tightened or relaxed so as to permit guidance of the distal end of the catheter.
In use of the catheter, embolising material can be selectively discharged into an artery supplying a tumour, or a vein draining it or both. The secondary lumen 3 m y be used for the injection of sclerosing materials into the arterial system before embolisation. Use of the catheter under NMR examination has the additional advantage that the efficacy of embolisation can be monitored while the treatment is under way by NMR examination of blood flow sequences.
In a modification the catheter may be of simple construction with just a main lumen, for use in the perfusion of tumour killing drugs which are too toxic to be ad instered systematically.
Fig. 3 illustrates a catheter specifically for use in laser treatment of coronary atheroma. The catheter is of generally similar construction to that of Figs. 1 and 2, but its main lumen carries a sheathed bundle of optic fibres for transmitting laser light to the site. The sheath 7 may incorporate additional fine lumens 8 for the perfusion of prostacyclin or other platelet controlling agents, and a dye for staining atheromous material to a colour which makes it sus- ceptible to laser light. These lumens may, of course, alternatively be incorporated through the wall of the catheter.
Further fine lumens corresponding to the lumens 4 of Fig. 1, are provided for controlling wires, as before, or the supply of pressurised gas to a small inflatable sac or sacs 9 carried near the distal end of the catheter. Preferably, these sacs are distributed about the circum¬ ference of the catheter. They are individually inflatable (or collapsible) so as to press against the artery wall and thereby permit fairly precise positioning and orient¬ ation of the distal end of the catheter and thus of the laser light emitted from it. The sacs may also be abruptly inflated together to disrupt an occlusion.
In a further group of modified catheters, adapted for surgical procedures such as suturing, boring, biopsy sampling and guiding pacemaker wires into position, the catheters are again of the same basic construction, but no lumens are provided for the passage of drugs or other agents to the site. The catheter again incorporates lumens for control wires and the central lumen is employed for the mechanical control elements to operate tool pieces mounted at the distal end of the catheter.
Fig. 4 illustrates such a catheter fitted with a suturing device. The central lumen houses a flexible, torque-transmitting control cable attached to a suture driver 11 of tubular form, having bayonet slots 12 for locating the cross tang 13 of a wire suture of helically spiralling form, the helix becoming progressively tighter in a direction away from its pointed leading end. The tang is engaged across the inner ends of the bayonet slots. The suture is applied by pressing it against the site to be stitched and then rotating it, by operation of the control cable, causing the pointed end to pene¬ trate the septal wall (or other muscle or material to be stitched) and with continual rotation the suture is wound progressively into the muscle and concomitantly drawn out of the bayonet slot.
Instead of the suturing device described and illustrated, the same catheter can be fitted with other tool pieces specially adapted for boring, removal of samples for biopsy or the guidance of pacemaker wires.
The catheter shown in Figs. 5 to 8 is for stitchin with a filamentary suture. In this case, the catheter is provided with a small central lumen to receive the suture filament 12 and two further lumens housing con¬ trol cables 13- Coupled to the distal end of the catheter is a suturing device comprising a generally cup-shaped housing 14 having two through holes in its front wall in which are mounted respective grippers 16. The holes are angled away from each other, and they taper forwardly. The grippers 16 are of a springy material and each has a pair of jaws which are forced together when the gripper is pushed forwardly in its tapered hole. When partially retracted, the jaws spring apart again. The grippers are of generally circular cross-section and are keyed against rotation in their holes. At their rear ends, the grippers are releasably connected as by ball and socket joints 17 to their respective control cables 13" Initially, and as shown as Fig.8, the grippers are both closed against a suture needle 18 attached to the suture filament. The catheter is inserted through a blood vessel to the site to be repaired and suturing is effected by rotation of the head and alternate operation of the grippers to push and pull the needle through the muscle or other tissue to be stitched. The head may be rotatable by a control cable or it may be rotatable within a surrounding sheath extending substantially the full length of the catheter.

Claims

CLAIMS :
1. A surgical catheter composed of a non-magnetic material (or materials) which is (or are) opaque or translucent under Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) examinat on.
2. A catheter according to claim 1, characterized in that the catheter is of axially segmented construction, having segments (IA) of highly opaque material alternating with segments (IB) of less opacity.
3. A catheter according to claim 1 or 2, having a central lumen, characterized in that further lumens
( ) are provided through the length of the catheter wall.
. A catheter according to claim 3» characterized in that a plurality of said further lumens ( -) are distributed circum erentially about the catheter wall and that guidance wires (6) are housed in the said further lumens ( ) and are secured to the wall of the catheter at its distal end and at the proximal end are coupled to a control mechanism for selective tensioning of the wires to facilitate radial guidance of the distal end of the catheter.
5. A catheter according to claim 3» characterized in that the said further lumens ( k ) form passages for the supply of pressurized fluid to selectively inflatable sacs (9) distributed about the exterior of the catheter wall at the distal end thereof.
6. A catheter according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the central lumen (2) of the catheter houses a bundle of optical fibres for the transmission of laser light to the distal end of the catheter.
7. A catheter according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the catheter carries a rotatable suturing device (ll;l.,lf>) at its distal end.
8. A catheter according to claim 7, characterized in that the suturing device comprises a generally cup- shaped housing (l ) and a pair of grippers (l6) each having a pair of jaws projecting through the front wall of the housing and connected at their rear, inner ends to respective control elements by which the jaws of the grippers can be alternately opened and closed for mani¬ pulation of a curved suturing needle.
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